Hinge.



HINGE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. WRIKEMAN, OF KILGORE, OHIO.

HINGE.

Application filed October 26, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. VRIKEMAN, citizen of the United States,residing at Kilgore, in the county of Carroll and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges, and has for its objectto provide a simply constructed hinge whereby a door or other swingingclosure may be readily connected with and detached from a door or otherframe without employing screws or like fastening devices.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described.

The improved hinge may be applied to doors of various sizes and to doorsemployed upon different forms of closures, but is more particularlydesigned for the spring hinges of screen doors, and for the purpose ofillustration the improved hinge is shown applied to a conventionalscreen door, but it will be understood that the invention is notnecessarily limited to any specific form of door or other swingingclosure.

In the drawings employed to illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a conventional screen door with a pair of theimproved hinges applied; Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of the door framewith one of the permanent fixtures attached; Fig. 3 is a per spectiveview from the inside of one of the improved hinges, illustrating theconstruction of the pocket which fits over the stationary member. Fig. 4is a detached perspective view of one of the stationary fix tures.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The hinges of screen doors are usually provided with springs to maintainthem yieldably in closed position, and when the improved hinge isemployed upon a screen door hinges having springs will be supplied, butit will be understood that the improved device is not necessarilylimited to hinges Specification of Letters Patent.

with the side edges of the hinge socket. this means the confrontingedges of the door.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Serial No. 589,181.

spring passing through the other slot and bearing upon the leaf 11. Bythis means the spring operates to maintain the door to which the leaf 10is attached, and indicated at 16, yieldably in closed'position. The leaf11 is provided in its inner face with a pocket or socket 17 havingoverhanging edges with its inner edge extending in parallel relationsand the outer edge inclined oblique to the longitudinal plane or axis ofthe pintle as represented in Fig. 2. A supporting member forms a part ofthe improved device and comprises a plate 18 adapted to be connected byscrews or other suitable fastening devices 19 to the window frame,indicated at 20, the sides of the member 18 being formed to overhang andwith one of the overhanging edges inclined to the vertical plane of thedoor frame and corresponding with the inclined edge of the hinge socket17 and the other edge extending in parallel relation to the verticalplane of the door frame and corresponding with the straight edge of thesocket. The socket 17 of the hinge is thus adapted to fit over themember 18 and closely engage the same, the side edges of the member 18being formed to correspond and its frame will be retained in the samerelative positions by the straight side of the member 18, and will notbe thrown farther away or nearer to the door frame by any adjustment ormovement which may occur between the members 11 and 18. This is animportant feature of applicants device and materially increases itsefiiciency and utility. Thus no matter how much the parts may wear thedoor will always retain its proper positionrelative to the casing, andwill not bind therein or become abnormally loose.

If preferred the member 18 may be provided with a stop shoulder 21 tolimit the movement of the member 11 in one direction. The members 18 arerelatively thin and do not present a conspicuous appearance when appliedto the door frames, and when painted the same color as the frame theirappearance during the time that the door is removed are not noticeable.

It will thus be obvious that a simply constructed device is producedwhereby a door or other similar closure may be det-a-chably supportedand removed from or connected to the frame without the use of screws orother like fastening devices.

The improved device, as before stated, is particularly adapted for usein connection with screen doors which are required to be removed in thefall and replaced in the spring, and by employing the improved devicethe labor and time incident to the hanging of screen doors is reduced toa minimum, and can be very quickly accomplished by any person withoutprevious skill, and the true setting of the door insured, so that nodanger exists of supporting the door so that it will not hang true andclose squarely against the stops.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

A hinge comprising two leaves swingingly united, one of said leaveshaving a socket with the edges overhanging and with one of said edgesextending in parallel relations and the other edge extending obliquelyto the vertical plane of the leaves, and a supporting member adapted tobe attached to a door frame and conforming to and engaging in saidsocket.

In testimony whereof, I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. WVRIKEMAN. [1 s] Witnesses:

H. V. LUCAS, C. G. KARNS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

